No details yet, monitoring
Do we know whether the only delayed flight is the one that went down?
Ukrainian Airlines plane crashes in Tehran shortly after takeoff
CNN Digital Expansion Shoot, Joshua Berlinger
By Artemis Moshtaghian and Joshua Berlinger, CNN
Updated 11:37 PM ET, Tue January 7, 2020
(CNN)A Boeing 737 plane carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed shortly after takeoff from Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran early Wednesday local time, Iran's semi-official news agency ISNA reported.
Most passengers on board the Ukraine International Airlines flight died,
said Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran's Emegency Medical Services.
Emergency crews have been dispatched to the crash site but cannot assist because the area is currently ablaze, Koulivand said on IRINN, a state-run media outlet.
Flight-tracking service FlightRadar 24 said in a tweet that the jet had been in service for about three and half years.
ISNA reported the crash was due to to technical difficulties.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
supposed to have been updated 11 mins after i posted it
other anons getting 10-15 min posting lag times just now?
CNN update on plane crash
ISNA reported the crash was due to to technical difficulties.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/middleeast/plane-crash-iran-intl-hnk/index.html
RE PLANE CRASH
according to the iranians, area has been ablaze:
"Emergency crews have been dispatched to the crash site but cannot assist because the area is currently ablaze, Koulivand said on IRINN, a state-run media outlet."
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/middleeast/plane-crash-iran-intl-hnk/index.html
See any flames?
no names reported yet
Shannon Bream just said a few minutes ago that all 170 people on board died.
>170 deaths per Bream, kek
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Shannon Bream right now on Fox.
says 170 killed again.
Not 180 or 176–170.
"All passengers and crew are gone."